lOMoAR cP SD| 22 46 1 34 2 HESI MED SURG TEST BANK 250 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2024 GRADED A+ 1) A female client with a nasogastric tube attached to low suction states that she is nauseated. The nurse assesses that there has been no drainage through the nasogastric tube in the last 2 hours. Which action should the nurse take first? A. Irrigate the nasogastric tube with sterile normal saline. B. Reposition the client on her side. C. Advance the nasogastric tube 5 cm. D. Administer an intravenous antiemetic as prescribed. B. The priority is to determined if the tube is functioning correctly, which would relieve the client's nausea. The least invasivelOMoAR cP SD| 22 46 1 34 2 intervention is to reposition the client (B), should be attempted first, followed by (A & C) if these are unsuccessful then (D). 2) When assigning clients on a medical-surgical floor to a RN and a LPN, it is best for the charge nurse to assign which client to the LPN? A. A child with bacterial meningitis with recent seizures. B. An older adult client with pneumonia and viral meningitis. C. A female client in isolation wiht meningococcal